Competitions · United States

Berkeley Fall 2017

Berkeley, California · 18 November 2017 · 10 events · 154 competitors · 141 personal bests

Max Park won five of the ten events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christopher Lai by 0.08 seconds. 154 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ashrith Krishnam took a 2×2 single of 25.94 down to 9.64, 63 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Christopher Lai over Christopher Yen

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.55	6.41
2×2	Christopher Lai	1.83	2.73
5×5	Max Park	47.12	48.06
6×6	Max Park	1:31.54	1:32.75
7×7	Max Park	2:10.03	2:22.08
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sophie Chan	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.18	10.41
Clock	Abhimanyu Singhal	8.59	10.25
Megaminx	Tessa Cookmeyer	51.07	1:00.98
3×3 Multi-Blind	Graham Siggins	28 of 36 cubes · 58:29	—

The PB harvest

141 set · 42 still standing

Sophie Chan — 3×3 single 7.14: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Sophie Chan — 3×3 one-handed single 13.78: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Littlejohn — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Ricky Xin — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Jiazheng Zhao (赵家正) — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Bill Yuan — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Christopher Wu — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Michael Chai (柴天方) — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

154 competitors · 546 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

154 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.